JP3549903B2 - Sugar-containing tablets - Google Patents

Abstract

A lozenge contains a binder such as gelatine and a sweetener which is partly or totally erythritol or maltitol. A process for making the lozenge comprises kneading the erythritol or maltitol at an elevated temperature, e.g. 35 to 60 DEG C, while slowly adding an aqueous solution of the binder, kneading the erythritol or maltitol and binder into a smooth paste, forming the paste into suitable shapes and heating the shapes at an elevated temperature, e.g. 40 to 45 DEG C, to harden them.

Description

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【発明の効果】
類似の甘味料も、含糖錠剤を製造する場合上記形態で使用される。パラチニト及び水素添加されたでんぷん水解物（これは乾燥物質に対して８５重量％マルチトールを含有する）の両方は、Ｚブレードミキサー中で捏和することができないと証明されている混合物を生じる。一方ラクチトールから作られる含糖錠剤は４０時間の熱処理時間を要求し、これは明きらかに処理工程にとって不利である。上記結果から明らかな様に、エリスリトールから作られた含糖錠剤は、最も短い熱処理時間を要求し、極めて硬い仕上げを有する生成物を製造する。エリスリトールをベースとする生成物よりも長い熱処理時間を要求するマルチトールをベースとする含糖錠剤は、同等の砂糖生成物よりも硬い含糖錠剤を製造する。[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to sugar-containing tablets, in particular sugar-containing tablets having a reduced caloric content and being substantially non-caloric.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Sugar-containing tablets are usually in the form of confections made from sugar, which reduces the beautiful shape of the sugar and kneads it with water and a binder, always gum, for example gum arabic, to affect this powder consistency give. While still kneading and forming, the dough is cut, dried and cured into a suitable form. Sugar-containing tablets, which also contain suitable flavoring agents, coloring agents and / or acids, must have a firm and brittle consistency.
[0003]
An increasing interest in low-calorie products as aiding in a healthy life is to create a market for reduced-calorie confectionery, which effectively replaces sugar with the same or similar degree of sweetness. This means replacing low calorie sweeteners. One group of products proposed for this purpose is sugar alcohols, especially erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol and commercially available sugar alcohol mixtures, such as the so-called hydrogenated starch hydrolysates. The hydrolyzate contains sorbitol, maltitol and higher oligomers having three or more repeating units (DP> 3).
[0004]
More or less these products have the additional advantage of being lower calories than the commonly used sugars, glucose and sucrose.
All of the above sugar alcohols are marketed as sweeteners, but they are not necessarily equivalent in all applications and especially in the confectionery sector. Because the different requirements of different types of products require careful selection to find the right combination of properties in sweeteners intended to replace some or all of the sugar.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The inventor has studied with the aim of producing sugar-containing tablets based on normal sugar, but having a lower caloric content than otherwise otherwise indistinguishable, and this objective was It has been found that replacing some or all of the sugar with erythritol or maltitol is achieved with the associated processing benefits. These two polyols have been found to have unique properties in sugar-containing tablet form. This polyol makes this form significantly better than another sweetener and better than the available mixtures of sugar alcohols with maltitol as a major component.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Accordingly, the present invention comprises a sugar-containing tablet containing a sweetener and a binder, wherein part or all of the sweetener is erythritol or maltitol.
[0007]
Maltitol must be at least 95% pure, preferably at least 98% pure, and especially at least 99% pure. The commercially available maltitol-containing product, in which the maltitol concentration is up to 90% by weight, based on dry matter, is unsuitable for producing sugar-containing tablets according to the invention.
[0008]
Erythritol, which is commercially available as the product of the fermentation process, is a pure product that is extremely crystalline, has a sweetness substantially equal to approximately 70% of sucrose, and is non-caloric and non-cariogenic.
[0009]
The binders used to make the sugar-containing tablets according to the invention can be selected from those binders usually used for making sugar-containing tablets. For example, the binder is a natural gum, for example gum arabic, or a product, for example gelatin.
[0010]
The amount of binder and sweetener in the composition used to make the sugar-containing tablet is 0.2-3.0% by weight of binder together with 18-26.0% by weight of water and erythritol or maltitol 98 0.0 to 71.0% by weight.
[0011]
The method of manufacture involves the gradual addition of the binder and water to the sweetener in a suitable kneader / mixer while maintaining the elevated temperature, e.g., 35-60C, preferably 40-50C. After the end of the addition, continue mixing until the mixture becomes a soft homogeneous paste. The paste is then removed from the kneader / mixer, rolled and finally heat-treated in a suitable form at an elevated temperature, for example at 40-50 ° C, to cure the sugar-containing tablet before packaging. One advantage of the present invention is that the heat treatment time is significantly reduced compared to the time required for sugar-based sugar-containing tablets, ranging from 8 to 24 hours.
[0012]
Like sugar-based sugar-containing tablets, sugar-containing tablets according to the invention can contain suitable flavoring agents, coloring agents and / or acids.
[0013]
【Example】
The present invention will be described in detail by the following examples. The method for producing the sugar-containing tablet is as follows.
[0014]
[Example]
Z- Bureto a (blade) mixer, preheated to 40~45 ℃, put the test sweetener 1500g. 10% by weight of the gelatin solution heated to 50 ° C. is gradually added to the sweetener while kneading the sweetener. Varying amounts of the aqueous gelatin solution are added in this way according to the sweetener according to the invention, and kneading / mixing is continued for 10 minutes after the addition in order to obtain a smooth homogeneous paste. The paste is then removed from the mixer, rolled, cut and shaped before heat treatment to 45 ° C, and the sugar-containing tablet is cured. The quality of the sugar-containing tablet is assessed by measuring its hardness with an Instron hardness tester and its moisture absorption by its water absorption after the following times at 65% relative humidity. The results obtained for the various sweeteners are as follows:
[0015]
[Table 1]

[0016]
【The invention's effect】
Similar sweeteners are also used in the above form when making sugar-containing tablets. Both palatinit and hydrogenated starch hydrolyzate, which contains 85% maltitol by weight on dry matter, give a mixture which has proven to be incapable of kneading in a Z- blade mixer. Sugar-containing tablets made from lactitol, on the other hand, require a heat treatment time of 40 hours, which is clearly disadvantageous for the processing step . As can be seen from the above results, sugar-containing tablets made from erythritol require the shortest heat treatment time and produce a product with an extremely hard finish. Maltitol- based sugar-containing tablets, which require a longer heat treatment time than erythritol- based products, produce harder sugar-containing tablets than the equivalent sugar product.

Claims (9)

A sugar-containing tablet comprising a sweetener and a binder, wherein the whole sweetener is erythritol . The sugar-containing tablet according to claim 1, wherein the binder is gelatin or a naturally occurring rubber. The sugar-containing tablet according to claim 2, wherein the naturally occurring gum is gum arabic. Binders and sweeteners in the formulation used to make the sugar-containing tablets are 0.2-3.0 and 98.0-71.0, respectively, with 1.8-26.0% by weight of water. The sugar-containing tablet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is% by weight. a) kneading at elevated temperature while gradually adding the aqueous solution of the binder to erythritol ,
b) kneading erythritol and a binder into a smooth uniform paste;
2. A process for producing sugar-containing tablets according to claim 1, characterized in that c) the paste is formed into a suitable mold and then d) the mold is heated (heat-treated) at an elevated temperature in order to cure it. . The method of claim 5, wherein the elevated temperature of step a) is 35-60C. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the elevated temperature is between 40 and 50 ° C. The method according to any of claims 5 to 7, wherein the elevated temperature of step d) is between 40 and 50C. 9. The method according to any of claims 5 to 8, wherein the heating time of step d) ranges from 8 to 24 hours.